Add ingredients to a clean bottle. Place cap and shake. After shampooing, pour mixture through hair. Do not rinse out. Dry as normal.

Chamomile for Blonde Hair

Ingredients:

6 chamomile tea bags

1/2 cup plain yogurt

lavender oil

Directions:

Place tea bags in a cup of boiling water for 15 minutes. Remove tea bags and cool. Mix in yogurt and lavender oil. Apply the mixture to dry hair, working through to ends. Cover head in a plastic shower cap for thirty minutes. Shampoo hair and condition hair.

Natural Blonde Highlights

Ingredients:

1 cup lemon juice

3 cups chamomile tea (brewed, & cooled)

Directions:

Combine ingredients and pour over damp hair. Let sit for an hour then wash out. Follow with a good deep conditioner. Several applications might be needed to see results.

Brunettes

Ingredients:

black coffee or tea (brewed, & cooled)

Directions:

Brew coffee or tea. Allow to cool. Pour over head. Let set or 15 min. Then apply again. Rinse well. This is a great way to blend away those few pesky greys.

To Darken Brunettes

Ingredients:

1/3 cup walnut shells, black tea, cherry tree bark or cloves

2 1/2 cups water

Directions:

Usins a double boiler, place ingredients in a non-metal bowl or pot. Simmer ingredients in water 20 minutes. Remove from heat, strain ingredients, saving liquid in an old shampoo bottle. Allow to cool then apply to hair as a final rinse after conditioner.

Red Heads

Ingredients:

1/2 cup beet juice

1/2 cup carrot juice

Directions:

Mix ingredients together, pour over clean, damp hair. Apply a shower cap and let sit on the hair for at least an hour. Shampoo then condition.

Henna Color

Ingredients:

Henna color in powder form

Your Favorite Deep conditioner

Directions:

Mix henna using half the water as directed on the package. Add your favorite deep conditioner to the mixture. Apply to hair, working through hair thoroughly. Leave on hair following directions as indicated on package. Shampoo. May be used with colorless henna to increase volume of fine hair without adding color.

Black Tea and Sage Rinse for darkening gray hair.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons black tea

3 tablespoons sage

1 teapot freshly boiled water

Directions:

Steep black tea and sage in boiling water. The longer you steep, the stronger the rinse, resulting in a slightly darker hair color coverage. Allow to cool and use as a hair rinse, pouring the tea repeatedly over the hair. Rinse with tepid water. Do not shampoo. But you can condition after.

Cherry Bark Hair Color

Ingredients:

Cherry bark

Black tea

Directions:

Prepare a strong tea from black tea leaves and cherry bark. The longer you steep, the stronger the rinse and the hair color will be more intense. Use as a rinse after shampooing and conditioning, finishing with a water rinse.

Grey coverage

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dried sage

1/2 cup dried rosemary

2 cups hot water

Directions:

Cover gray hair by steeping a half cup each dried sage and dried rosemary in two cups of hot water. Apply once a week until you reach the desired shade.

Looking for an alternative to artificial hair color? Natural hair color rinses you can make yourself at home might just be a great alternative to going to the salon. These color rinses are just that, rinses. They can add shine, give highlights and even darken hair color. Natural hair color rinses show subtle results but are great if you’re looking to step away from the harsh chemicals artificial hair color is made of.